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The Diagnostic Process with Children

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Child and Adult Development

Part of the book series: Critical Issues in Psychiatry ((CIPS))

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This chapter describes some of the techniques used in an in-depth psychiatric evaluation of a child, and provides rationales for their use. A thorough evaluation enables the diagnostician to understand the biological, intrapsychic, and environmental factors that have produced the existing symptom complex, to make a diagnosis, and to formulate a practical treatment plan that will be of the greatest benefit to the child and his or her family.

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Colarusso, C.A. (1992). The Diagnostic Process with Children. In: Child and Adult Development. Critical Issues in Psychiatry. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9673-5_2

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